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My Tom is about 5 years old. He’s a bourbon. He can stand but if he takes a step, he starts flapping his wings for balance. His legs and feet look fine. Mechanically, when he does walk, he steps on his own feet and loses his balance. Any ideas on what is going on??? And what to do for him?

It’s been about 2 weeks since it happened. It was covered in white pus but looked ok otherwise. So I thought it could heal on its own. Not so sure now. It’s still covered with white crust and it looks swollen tonight. Any advice? I can’t take it to a vet bc I’m in quarantine right now.

We’ve had chickens for almost 2 years. 8 days ago, noticed a Barred Rock limping. Brought her to the house and put her in a cage. Next day, leg wouldn’t work. Then both legs and wings. She is still eating and drinking. She has definitely lost weight. I tried vitamin B supplement but she only...

Our guinea was attacked by a turkey hen. It looked like the hen wanted to mate. Since, the guinea won’t lift her head much. I was wondering about an Epsom salt bath for her/ him. Does it work for guineas?

I caught the first rat snake today in bird netting! Yay! Thanks so much for this forum, where we can learn from others and care for our flocks! The bird meeting was wadded up under the nesting boxes and it took about 4 days. The rat snake is about 6ft long. We’ve lost 2 chickens it tried to eat...

Coop is maybe 10 years old, I’ve been here for a year. It’s full of cobwebs, dust, etc. Hubby wants me to take a hose to it and some vinegar. We have 10 hens and a rooster. What are your thoughts? Should I? Or is sweeping it out 1-3 x per week enough?

We added 3 hens to our flock. Since we added them, the nests have been full of poo each day. What the heck???? We have a total of 10 hens and 8 nests. Never had this problem before the new girls.... so I added new roosts. We now have 7 roosting bars (2 ladders). The poo in the nest continues...

i think boy, but it doesn’t crow.... hmmmmm.

4 day old chick was fine yesterday and today was laying on its side. It had pasty butt. I cleaned it and gave it sugar water. It keeps moving its vent, but doesn’t poop. I sat it in Epsom salt water. No luck. It’s belly is so full, it can’t stand up. Any other suggestions?

We had to do our first assist today. 24 hours of no progress after first pip. 2 others hatched in this time. This chick is tiny, weak, laying around and not eating or drinking. It will walk some (fall over), chirp, lift it’s head. I read about sugar water drops and it took some. How often do...

my husband and I had success (along with some loss and learning) hatching 8 chicks last summer. 3 of the chicks look like roosters. I have no desire to look up a vent to check, so I thought I would post a pic and take a poll. Is this a rooster or a hen?

Cluck had surgery Wednesday. Changed dressing Friday and will again today. He’s still not walking. He will stand for a few seconds and plop back down. Yesterday, the swelling looked like it was returning. Should I soak him in Epsom salt? Is it ok to do that with open wound? Poor guy. I just...

my husband forgot and turned the eggs last night, due tomorrow. They pipped on the bottom this morning. They’ve made no progress in 4 hours. Do we turn the eggs so the pip is up?

Cluck Norris has his bumble removed from his foot by a vet yesterday. Hubby says it was awful! Vet wrapped the foot and said to quarantine him for 2 weeks and leave the bandage on for 2 weeks. The poor guy is in the house, in a cage and looking depressed. His only happiness is tomato bits...

ive had backyard chickens for over a year. Recently, decided to try hatching via bator. Some success, some fails. Almost all the success are the Americanas. We have a Plymouth who lays daily but none of her eggs are hatching. We’ve heard a peep but then nothing. Today is day 24. The peep was...